Click here (or scroll to the bottom of this playlist) for YouTube videos of many of the songs in this show.

This Week's Playlist:

Men's Destiny:
Ich Will Obama Als Mann
Based on an old German pop song from the 60s, I think, at least in part.

Papa Michigan:
Barack Obama
Note the use of autotune

Rankin Cobra:
Obama
Slammer Dub Mix

Tony Ballard:
Mr. Obama

Lushy Banton:
Obama

Ira the Reggae Man:
Barack Obama You're the Fountain of Hope

Tony Nyadundo:
Obama
This song is from Kenya, in the Ohangla style. It won the singer a Kenyan music award in the traditional music category.

DJ Lightbolt:
Una Voz de Obama

Sobredosis del Sabor:
Obama

King Short Shirt:
Barack We Love You

Manze Dayila:
Change (The Barack Obama Song)
Haitian singer based in New York who came to the US by taking a raft from Haiti to Miami when she was 8 months pregnant! She's playing Joe's Pub Monday night.

Os Contemporaneos:
Musica Buraka Obama

Sally WIthers and Pablo Peregrina:
La OBAMbA

Du-Tels:
Obama
Peter Stamfel and Gary Lucas

Extra Golden:
Obama
/ Hera Ma Nono
/ Thrill Jockey

Mighty Sparrow:
Barack the Magnificent

Fosforo:
Obamacumbia

Coco Tea:
Barack Obama

Dr Flow:
Obama Nuestro Presidente

Cody Chestnutt:
Afrobamba

Fojeba:
Fired Up! Ready to Go!

Fula Flute:
Obama
Adaptation of traditional West African praise song style by NYC group centered on the tambin - the "Fula flute" of Guinea.

Samba Mapangala:
Obama Ubari Kiwe
(Obama be blessed). Samba, a very famous Congolese-born singer who spent many years in Kenya and now lives near Baltimore, MD, sings in Swahili and Minneapolis-based 14-year old rapper, Fanaka Ndege raps in English.

Jose Conde:
Respondele a Obama
Jose says this song was inspired by his Cuban-born mom, who like many Cubans who left for the US after Castro came in tends to vote Republican. But this time she's voting for Obama and that inspired Jose to write this song.

Ruben Gonzalez:
Voy Por Obama
Finally, a TRUE Obama love song. Sample lyrics in translation:
My girlfriend she’s crazy about Obama /
And she’s always in the mood /
I, of course, take advantage /
I don’t want the elections to ever come around / The TV is on all the time / And when the news come on /
She looks at him /
And she feels sensations /
I’m for Obama /
There is no other (option) /
He’s on fire /
He’s even gotten in my bed /
Naturally I’m for Obama /
For his presence on the screen /
With that look and with that shape /
And because he has my lady “in heat” /
I’m for Obama

Dr Phoebe Abe:
Obama

Anyone Brothers Band:
Obama is Beautiful World
Representing for Obama, Japan! The YouTube video is a must-see - scroll down to watch it.

Louisiana for Obama:
Oui On Peut (Yes We Can)
An all-star Cajun / zydeco band plays the song written by fiddler Dirk Hill. Recorded at the Whirlybird in Opelousas, Louisiana.

Amigo de Obama:
Viva Obama

La Chanson du Dimanche:
O Barack

Shay Black:
There is No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama
This California pub sing-a-long actually has some controversy attached: It's a version of a song by the Irish group Hardy Drew and the Nancy Boys (which we will also play). The Irish group complained when Shay posted his version on YouTube without asking them for permission first.

Hardy Drew and the Nancy Boys:
There is No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama
Original version of the above.

Guajiro:
Ole Latins for Hope

Kenge Kenge:
Obama for Change
Kenge Kenge's music is basically the back-to-the-roots version of benga, the western Kenyan guitar band style that is a key component of Extra Golden's music.

Docta Musica Washi Wara:
Barack Obama

DJ Kadhafi:
Obama Dance
West African DJ based in NYC

Chicky Micky:
I Got It From Obama
From Switzerland, I think, maybe. Well anyway, it's funny. I think. Another obvious song parody that I don't know, by the way...

That Du-Tells track is based on Black Betty, credited to Leadbetter and made into a hit by Ram Jam . You MUST know that surely, Mista DJ?!

Sat. 11/1/08 7:09pm
Your DJ:
Why thank you Julian. A special song for your adopted homeland is coming by the way. And yes, Black Betty, d'oh! (Although Americana I have to say is my WEAK point.) Thanks for filling that in!

Sat. 11/1/08 7:11pm
julian:
Did you know Obama's popularity here is pretty much entirely based on the fact that there is a town called Obama? It's enough to inspire manic devotion and, quite probably, a specially themed ramen.

Sat. 11/1/08 7:16pm
Your DJ:
The title of today's show "Obama is Beautiful World" is actually taken from a song by a band called Anyone Brothers Band. They recorded a YouTube video in Obama town and the lyrics and visuals play on the double-meaning! (I have the video embedded here if you scroll down to the bottom of the playlist.) My other Japanese-speaking Anglo friend tells me that in the song the male singer is actually pretending to sing with an American accent - although I sure couldn't tell! We'll be playing the song later.

Sat. 11/1/08 8:21pm
Ike:
Annie, don't use Internet Exploder. Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome are way better. Firefox is especially nice with Adblock Plus, NoScript, and Flashblock added on. With Flashblock you can choose which Flash you want to see and which you don't.

Sat. 11/1/08 8:23pm
katie:
The Campbells are howling from the Irish O'Bama!

Sat. 11/1/08 8:41pm
alan t.:
Great show,hope he wins.Saw Claire and the Reasons over here in Scotland a few weeks ago,they did a very short ,witty "Obama"song too.

Sat. 11/1/08 8:43pm
Your DJ:
Thanks Alan! Ken Freedman, our political spoof-master (and Station Manager) has played that Claire and the Reasons song a few times. I might play it at the end of tonight's show if there's time.

Thu. 11/6/08 2:18am
ObamaSongs:
In reply to Katie's question "what country claims the most Obama songs?", I have been keeping track of that... aside from the USA of course, the country contributing the most songs is Jamaica. Runners-up are Canada, Germany, and England.